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PETER HARTLAUB
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BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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4/4 Children of Men
3.5/4 The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4/5 The Descent
3/4 That Man: Peter Berlin
2.5/4 Hostel
2/4 The Favor
1.5/4 Dead Silence
1/4 What Happens in Vegas
0/4 BloodRayne
 
 
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4/4 Ratatouille
4/4 The Host
4/4 Children of Men
4/4 Murderball
4/4 Aliens of the Deep
4/4 Robot Stories
4/4 Alien
4/4 Alien: The Director's Cut
4/4 School of Rock
4/4 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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WORST REVIEWED
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0/4 Redline
0/4 Material Girls
0/4 BloodRayne
0/4 Venom
0/4 Alone in the Dark
0/4 Darkness
0/4 National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
0.5/4 The Cave
0.5/4 King's Ransom
1/5 Grind
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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2/4
 
"While people looking to get away from the big explosions and broad comedy that accompany most summer movies will appreciate the effort, this seems like the kind of thing you should be getting for free on TV."
Posted May 9, 2008
 
The Favor (2008)11%
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1/4
 
"Considering that the title of the movie was conceived by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, it's not a huge surprise that What Happens in Vegas is stocked with product placement."
Posted May 9, 2008
 
What Happens in Vegas (2008)29%
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1/4
 
"[Spurlock's] work here leans closer to Tyra Banks wearing her fat suit than anything directed by Errol Morris or even Michael Moore."
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008)36%
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2.5/4
 
"It's difficult to resist, especially if you're a 12-year-old boy whose parents won't let you rent Once Upon a Time in China or the Kill Bill movies."
Posted Apr 18, 2008
 
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)62%
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1/4
 
"There are a few laughs and some touching moments, but nothing you couldn't get by watching episodes of Good Times and Little House on the Prairie back to back."
Posted Mar 24, 2008
 
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns (2008)30%
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3/4
 
"Yen has developed a recent passion for mixed martial arts, and his more traditional punches and flying kicks are supplemented by some close-quarters Muay Thai kicks and even some jujitsu submission holds. Ultimate Fighting Championship fans will be happy."
Posted Mar 14, 2008
 
Flash Point (2008)47%
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2/4
 
"Some of the footage is entertaining. Too much of it is confusing, repetitive or unremarkable."
Posted Mar 7, 2008
 
Girls Rock! (2008)73%
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1/4
 
"While the movie is completely ridiculous, at least it's fun to think of all the high school students who are going to mistake this movie for an accurate historical record and get F's on their next pop quiz."
Posted Mar 6, 2008
 
10,000 B.C. (2008)9%
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2/4
 
"It's not clear what we're supposed to take away from the film."
Posted Feb 29, 2008
 
Romulus, My Father (2008)44%
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2/4
 
"You will definitely appreciate this film's ambition, if not its execution."
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
The Signal (2007)55%
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3/4
 
"It's one of the least scary films that [Romero's] made -- but still entertaining, and very, very gory."
Posted Feb 15, 2008
 
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)60%
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3/4
 
"It's a funny comedy, and sometimes an even better drama."
Posted Feb 8, 2008
 
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)56%
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1/4
 
"The grating presence of Longoria Parker will be enough to ruin the movie for many, but she's just one of many shortcomings in this romantic comedy, which seriously lacks both romance and comedy."
Posted Feb 1, 2008
 
Over Her Dead Body (2008)13%
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4/5
 
"Extremely funny, very clever and still packs some cover-your-face bloody thrills that top any Saw or Hostel movie."
Posted Jan 25, 2008
 
Teeth (2008)79%
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3/4
 
"A terrific movie, filled with spectacle and a surprising amount of humor, which makes up for its lack of terror or emotional impact."
Posted Jan 16, 2008
 
Cloverfield (2008)77%
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1/4
 
"Ice Cube has been taking a lot of heat in recent years for abandoning his tough guy image in exchange for Hollywood stardom, and First Sunday appears to be a compromise."
Posted Jan 11, 2008
 
First Sunday (2008)15%
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3/4
 
"This American history-themed action thriller doesn't get many points for realism, but it makes up ground in so many other areas that you probably won't care."
Posted Dec 21, 2007
 
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007)32%
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1/4
 
"The plot isn't intellectually challenging as much as it is confusing, and yet the big twist is completely telegraphed. Ritchie has created a movie that is patronizingly obvious one minute and impenetrable the next."
Posted Dec 14, 2007
 
Revolver (2007)16%
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1/4
 
"Between the occasional amusing joke and catchy musical number, this Alvin update is a very soulless movie."
Posted Dec 14, 2007
 
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)24%
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3.5/4
 
"This definitive print should be the last little push that "Blade Runner" needs to complete its 25-year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full-blown classic."
Posted Nov 30, 2007
 
Blade Runner (1982)91%
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3/4
 
"The movie has plenty of payoff, especially in the exciting and nerve-wracking final hour. You can try guessing what will happen next, but you'll probably be wrong."
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
Stephen King's The Mist (2007)70%
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2/4
 
"Hitman is one of the best movies ever made from a video game, which doesn't provide you with very much information. That's like declaring the best meal you've eaten at a strip club, or the best love ballad by Kenny Loggins."
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
Hitman (2007)15%
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3/4
 
"Helm gets huge bonus points for noticing everything that's annoying about modern children's films and including none of those things in his movie."
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)36%
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3/4
 
"At 99 minutes, the documentary presents a quick but thorough lesson."
Posted Nov 9, 2007
 
Darfur Now (2007)69%
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2/4
 
"Bee Movie has a few charming moments and a scene or two with legitimate hilarity, but mostly it's just mediocre."
Posted Nov 2, 2007
 
Bee Movie (2007)53%
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1/4
 
"The Syriana of slasher films, so complicated and circuitous that your only hope of understanding everything is to eat lots of fish the night before and then watch each of the previous films, in order, right before you enter the theater."
Posted Oct 29, 2007
 
Saw IV (2007)19%
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2.5/4
 
"Director Anton Corbijn seems determined not to let the music get in the way of the human story, and his fervor goes too far."
Posted Oct 26, 2007
 
Control (2007)87%
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2/4
 
"There's a problem when you make a film so dark that Hotel Rwanda looks like a crowd-pleaser -- especially when the story asks filmgoers to leave their reasoning skills at home."
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Reservation Road (2007)36%
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3/4
 
"30 Days of Night is the well-paced and entertaining horror debut of Hard Candy director David Slade, who captures the coolest parts of Steve Niles' comic book series on the big screen."
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
30 Days of Night (2007)49%
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2/4
 
"Anyone who has enjoyed laughing at the bad singers auditioning on American Idol, consider the independent film Great World of Sound your penance."
Posted Oct 12, 2007
 
Great World of Sound (2007)82%
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2.5/4
 
"Who would have imagined that a biopic about Jesse James could be so boring?"
Posted Oct 5, 2007
 
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)74%
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3/4
 
"There's a people-are-good feeling permeating the film, which is difficult to resist."
Posted Sep 28, 2007
 
Feast of Love (2007)41%
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1/4
 
"It's worth mentioning for the third time that this movie is much closer to Caligula than Sleepless in Seattle."
Posted Sep 21, 2007
 
Good Luck Chuck (2007)3%
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3/4
 
"The movie succeeds on sheer catchiness, and [director] Taymor piles on enough visual extravaganza to conceal the fact that there isn't much of a story."
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Across the Universe (2007)53%
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1/4
 
"It's hard to hate a movie that tries so valiantly to resurrect the career of Lee Majors. But even that noble task ultimately fails."
Posted Sep 7, 2007
 
The Brothers Solomon (2007)16%
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2/4
 
"Even if you consider a Halloween remake sacrilege, you've got to like a truck stop bathroom that's even gnarlier than the one in Trainspotting."
Posted Sep 1, 2007
 
Halloween (2007)27%
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1.5/4
 
"There isn't enough humor in the script and not enough style in the direction by newcomer Philip G. Atwell. A few plot twists keep things interesting, but the best ones come long after anyone could possibly care."
Posted Aug 27, 2007
 
War (2007)14%
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3.5/4
 
"A pretty great trip down memory lane, even if you were one of the cool kids who managed to avoid the arcade scene."
Posted Aug 24, 2007
 
The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)97%
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3/4
 
"Rocket Science has the makings of either a tragedy or a crowd-pleasing underdog story, but writer-director Jeffrey Blitz instead takes the movie on a different, and ultimately more rewarding, direction."
Posted Aug 10, 2007
 
Rocket Science (2007)84%
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2.5/4
 
"There's something that seems almost important about this picture. The creators have harnessed everything that's good about YouTube, and translated it into a big-screen movie."
Posted Aug 3, 2007
 
Hot Rod (2007)39%
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2/4
 
"Whatever gay stereotypes exist in this movie -- and they probably number in the hundreds -- the writers of the comedy are much tougher on morbidly obese people, hot women, the homeless, mailmen, unattractive women and particularly Asians."
Posted Jul 19, 2007
 
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry (2007)14%
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3/4
 
"Black Sheep is never very frightening, but it's clever and fun, with a memorable amount of humor and gore. Imagine if the Monty Python folks made the killer rabbit part from Holy Grail into a full-length movie."
Posted Jul 6, 2007
 
Black Sheep (2007)71%
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3/4
 
"Transformers is way better than anyone could have expected from Michael Bay, the director who gave us Armageddon and Pearl Harbor."
Posted Jul 2, 2007
 
Transformers (2007)57%
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4/4
 
"Ratatouille never overwhelms, even though it's stocked with action, romance, historical content, family drama and serious statements about the creation of art."
Posted Jun 29, 2007
 
Ratatouille (2007)95%
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2.5/4
 
"The movie is almost totally devoid of suspense, which is one of the marks of a true exploitation film. Why waste time with a bunch of false scares and tension, when you can go straight to the pain and suffering?"
Posted Jun 12, 2007
 
Hostel: Part II (2007)44%
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3/4
 
"The movie has just as much in common with This Is Spinal Tap or even Dogtown and Z-Boys as the cutesy and formulaic films that typically get churned out this time of year."
Posted Jun 8, 2007
 
Surf's Up (2007)78%
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3/4
 
"Bekmambetov and his crafty cinematographer Sergei Trofimov have so many different tricks that you'll be smiling at the scenes that make no sense."
Posted Jun 1, 2007
 
Day Watch (2007)65%
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1/4
 
"Everyone who made this movie had his or her heart in the right place, even though they got so much wrong."
Posted Jun 1, 2007
 
Gracie (2007)59%
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2/4
 
"If you can handle the warts-and-all filmmaking, Severance is definitely worth your time, if not your $9.50. In other words, wait a few months and definitely check it out as a rental."
Posted May 25, 2007
 
Severance (2007)64%
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"The movie is familiar on several levels but also has its own engaging style."
Posted May 19, 2007
 
Triad Election (2007)96%

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